{"product_id":"a-patient-obsession-meryl-dunton-rose-9780975763643","title":"A Patient Obsession","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen is an infatuation an obsession? What makes \u003cstrong\u003ea love story\u003c\/strong\u003e? Is it true love or merely the idea of what a relationship should or could be?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eA Patient Obsession \u003c\/em\u003efollows the lives of Henry and Patience from their early encounters at the end of World War II when Henry is convalescing in Wales after experiencing traumatic events during his time serving in India. His early return to the terrors of the India\/Pakistan partition only serves further to haunt his life and relationships.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTime passes from Henry's early fixation on Patience to their separate lives in England and Australia to a long-imagined and wished for meeting in Tuscany.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold partly through memories and correspondence the novel explores the sadness of obsession: when reality does not live up to your dream.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eReviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn utterly charming story of Henry and Patience, two kindred spirits who form a bond that can cross time and oceans. The connection is captured in their correspondence, from fledgling affection to conflict, frustration, and loneliness.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e This is a clever epistolary novel teeming with the same wonder and mystery as a box full of scrapbooks and old letters newly discovered.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e With warmth and joy, Dunton-Rose illuminates a precious human truth: an ordinary life contains remarkable tales.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Morgan Bell\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eA beautiful and tender portrayal, reminiscent of John Williams' quiet tragedy, Stoner. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Karen Eastwood\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Meryl Dunton-Rose\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0975763644\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780975763643\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e North Bank\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.50w x 0.48d","brand":"Meryl Dunton-Rose","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48435746406655,"sku":"9780975763643","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0db72331-4e1e-404c-a8af-2b06210237c0.jpg?v=1777152439","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-patient-obsession-meryl-dunton-rose-9780975763643","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}